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pedestrian access to the adjacent Stoneridge Mall parking lots, improved architecture on street-facing elevations, and future review of a traffic and parking analysis. The February 27, 2019, agenda report and minutes are included as Exhibit C for reference. Since the workshop, the applicant has worked with staff on plan revisions to address the Planning Commission's comments. The applicant has revised the plans to incorporate additional architectural details and glazing/fenestration into the fitness building design. In addition, the applicant has reconfigured the parking area directly in front of the fitness facility to provide easier access and circulation as well as greater pedestrian connectivity. Lastly, the applicant has submitted a comprehensive traffic and parking analysis which has been included in Exhibit B and discussed further in the Analysis section. AREA AND SITE DESCRIPTION The entire shopping center is located on an oval-shaped site, comprising several individual parcels, defined entirely by Stoneridge Mall Road. Figure 1, below, shows the entire Stoneridge Shopping Center and portions of the 1-580 and 1-680 freeways and Foothill Road. Overall, the mall currently maintains approximately 1,341,8651-square-feet of retail, department stores, and restaurants and has approximately 6,630 parking spaces that are shared among all of the mall's tenants. Figure 1: Stoneridge Shopping Center Aerial "'mar 1^ w' P 4kt..‘ii,..ear � .A. . - E k 1. ..._ ... ,, . ., _... - „ - .... , 1 is :--'.,'.- ' . ',, ‘ . \ - , , - ''' *1- '' * "-.: ., Stoneridge Shopping ^ , ,. F ; mat, t AP s xi. Center * ' .1‘R1\ % 1\:. a .,.w.e''.y,,. � C �'' y C F. x.51 $ . -ow: „ ry 3 Z. r'le.4:'''•-........, 'l . o 3> . .! 'may/ -i - r . A .. 'i..` d .0 1% t S' 1 ' Building square footage numbers(both existing and proposed)within this report have changed from the previous Planning Commission report based on the revised calculations that now show Gross Floor Area rather than the previously reflected Leasable Floor Area. Typically,the gross leasable area is the total floor area designed for tenant occupancy and exclusive use.The gross floor area is the area contained within the building measured to the external face of the external walls. P18-0340, Stoneridge Shopping Center Planning Commission 3 of 17 ntersections during the critical a.m./p.m. peak-commute hours. Staff notes that the traffic resulting from the total permitted floor area of 380,000 square feet is also factored into the City's Baseline Traffic Reports and into the level-of-service (LOS) analyses for the most recently updated General Plan. Planning Commission Workshop The project was presented to the Planning Commission at a workshop on February 27, 2019. At the workshop, the Planning Commission was generally supportive of the project, and agreed with the points of discussion that staff presented including refinements to improve P18-0340, Stoneridge Shopping Center Planning Commission 2 of 17